March 1642

[29 March 1642.]

The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled have, for
the Safety of His Majesty's Person, the Parliament and Kingdom,
in this Time of imminent Danger, by Ordinance of the said
Lords and Commons, Ordained, That you, Sir John Gaire, Sir
Jacob Garrett, Knights and Aldermen, Thomas Atkin,
Alderman, Sir John Wollaston, Knight and Alderman, John
Warner, John Towes, Alderman, Serjeant Major Skippon, or any
Three, or more of you, together with Randolph Manwaringe,
William Gibbs, John Fowke, James Bunce, Francis Pecke,
Samuell Warner, James Russell, Nathaniel Wright, William
Barkley, Alexander Normington, Stephen Estwicke, Owen
Rowe, Citizens of London, or any Six, or more of you, shall have
Power to assemble, and call together, all and singular His
Majesty's Subjects of the said City of London, and the Liberties
thereof, that are meet and fit for the Wars; and them to train,
exercise, and put in Readiness; and them, after their Abilities
and Faculties, well and sufficiently, from Time to Time, to cause
to be arrayed and weaponed, and to take the Musters of them
in Places most fit for that Purpose: And the said Lords and
Commons have likewise Ordained, That you shall have Power to
make Colonels and Captains, and other Officers, and to remove
them out of their Places, and to make others, from Time to
Time, as you shall think fit for that Purpose; and that you shall
have Power to lead, conduct, and employ the Persons aforesaid,
arrayed and weaponed, for the Suppression of all Rebellions,
Insurrections, and Invasions that may happen, within the said
City and Liberties thereof: and likewise shall have further
Power and Authority to lead, conduct, and employ the Persons
aforesaid, arrayed and weaponed, as well within the said City, as
within any other Part of this Realm of England, or Dominion of
Wales, for the Suppression of all Insurrections, Rebellions, and
Invasions that may happen, according as you from Time to
Time shall receive Directions from the said Lords and Commons
assembled in Parliament.